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Teen films fail to entertain
'Like Father, Like Son' is worst of the pack
By Nathan Deer
Emerald Contributor
"The Pick-Up Artist" has an
interesting premise, but as with
the case with so many movies, it
doesn't develop it. Jack Jericho
(Robert Downey) is the youthful
lotharlo who woos and wins
women with his irresistible
charm. The only problem is that
we don't believe it.
The girls in the film do. that
is. all but Kandy (Molly
Kingwald). You might think
we'd appreciate Kandy's good
sense and taste to be wary of
Jericho. Hut after initially
resisting his advances. Kandy,
of course, becomes more
compliant.
"The Pick-Up Artist" is an
unsatisfying film Downey and
Kingwald are competent young
actors, but they possess no
special appeal The film is fur
ther hampered by a tendency to
lose its focus.
Instead of concentrating on
the attractive young couple, the
film, directed by James Toback.
shifts to secondary characters,
including Kandy's feckless
father (played by the omnipre
sent Dennis Hopper), and
becomes increasingly dreary.
"The Pick-Up Artist" once
again illustrates the maxim that
Hollywood is better at thinking
up interesting ideas than bring
ing them to life.
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"Like Father, Like Son" is a
dismal comedy of brain
transference. That's right. Kirk
Cameron and Dudley Moore
switch brains. Not literally, of
course (although that would
have been much more in
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Robert Downey and Molly Ringwald give competent perfor
mances in “The Pick-lJp Artist,” but the movie often gets
sidetracked and isn't very satisfying.
teresting). but via some magic
potion. Soon after consuming
the supernatural elixir, dad
(Moore) becomes burdened
with son’s (Cameron's) brain,
and vice versa, laughs soon
follow At least that is intended
Hut for anyone in the audience
with a brain, laughs do not
follow. Instead, groans do.
Moore, who once made a
moderately amusing movie
("Arthur”) a decade ago. is still
trying to find that right role in
that right movie. His search
continues. Cameron, the heart
throb (is that possible) of some
television show (don't ask me
which one; they all look the
same to me), is trying to parlay
the popularity from his hit TV
show into cinematic fame. He's
destined for after-school reruns.
"Like Father. Like Son” is
simply a witless comedy.
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"Big Shots” may entertain
children. Hut it's unlikely to
divert people out of puberty,
unless their mind has yet to
catch up with their hormones,
just the same "Big Shots" is an
innocuous movie marred by
needless car chases and im
probable adventures, but at
least it doesn't pander to its
targeted audience too much.
Obie (Ricky Busker) is a
suburban white kid who has
just lost his father. Distraught
and confused, he runs away
from home and encounters a
street-smart black kid (Darius
McCrary). The two tykes team
up to retrieve Obie’s swiped
wristwatch, a keepsake given to
him by his deceased father.
In the process, they encounter
a series of unsavory characters,
engage in several ridiculous
adventures, and, of course,
discover a sense of responsibili
ty and mutual respect for
Jhemsalves, their families, their
ethnic origins, their world, and.
no doubt, their cosmos.
"Big Shots" isn't a bad kid's
movie. It just isn't good. It's the
kind of movie that makes you
yearn, just a little bit, for those
Disney movies of the 1960s.
They were corny, but they were
more inventive, funny, and,
surprisingly, were not as
earnest and sober about
teaching youngsters social and
filial responsibilities.
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Ricky Busker (left) and Darius McCray star in "Big Shots," an
adventure film that should entertain at least kids